CHENNAI: In a significant development, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and Food Safety and Drug Administration departments have found that only 51 private packaged drinking water units in Ch

CHENNAI: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa will on Wednesday commission the much-awaited Hogenakkal water supply scheme, which will benefit the fluorosis-hit districts of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri.

A private non-conventional power producer has won the contract to set up a 60MW solar power plant in Tamil Nadu.

The city's garbage generation has increased by an astonishing 400 tonnes per day.

The cyclone warning dissemination system (CWDS) at Ripon Buildings is being upgraded to work on direct-to-home (DTH) based equipment.

Based on the success of roads laid with plastic waste, the Tamil Nadu government has planned to relay 1,100 km roads in rural and urban areas by mixing plastic waste with bitumen, chief minister J

As part of conservation efforts, Tamil Nadu government on Thursday proposed to create four wildlife sanctuaries in addition to the existing 10.

CHENNAI: The proposed KGS Aranmula International Airport in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala got a reprieve on Tuesday when the National Green Tribunal, Chennai Bench, dismissed a petition that ch

CHENNAI: A person in the city may be able to walk home safely at night but will have to bear with the overpowering stench of garbage and overflowing sewers.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is facing a water deficit of 11%, says a report. This is bad news, coming as it does at the beginning of a torrid summer.